Rodent of Unusual Size

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on April 17, 2008 at 5:39 pm


150ROUS17-year-old Nicco Phillips was driving to school in Milwaukie, Oregon, when he spotted an animal in the road.

“I was coming down the street and he was just in the middle of the road,” Phillips said. “I just kept driving and I was like, ‘What is that?’ It’s like a big guinea pig, I guess, which kinda bums me out because I was hoping it was like a kangaroo or something.”

The animal was actually a Patagonian cavy, a large rodent native to central and southern Argentina. Link to story. Link to pictures. -via Digg


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9 comments to "Rodent of Unusual Size"

  1. NiteWhite
    April 17th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    I wonder if they're going to eat it.

  2. bean
    April 17th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    At least it wasn't a capybara.

  3. CheeseDuck
    April 17th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    They can be kept as pets!

  4. stacyj
    April 17th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    Inconceivable!

  5. jenny
    April 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    :O
    i want one!

  6. Kathleen
    April 18th, 2008 at 7:45 am

    They do exist! Fabulous. I wonder how he got out of the fire swamp.

  7. OddNumber
    April 18th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Just have to watch out for the lightening sand...

  8. Alannah
    April 19th, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    The kid was perplexed to see a giant rodent in the road. The rodent had a whole different set of reasons to be perplexed, like what the huge rushing metal monster was, and what happened to Patagonia.

  9. Miss Cellania
    April 19th, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Check out this photograph:

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2008/04/exotic-animal-f.html


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